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Mortons Media Group has announced the acquisition of the Kempton Park jumbles and motorcycle shows. Kempton comes on board Eric Patterson, left, who has sold the Kempton Park jumbles and shows, shakes the hand of Andy Kitchen from Mortons, the new owners. The events company has added the seven one-day events to its already packed…

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After several years in the planning, the British Motorcycle Charitable Trust’s exhibition of British Motor Scooters opened to the public on May 21. British scooter exhibition A Raleigh Roma and DMW Deemster are two of the unusual scooters on display at the Haynes Motor Museum, near Yeovil. Housed within the Haynes International Motor Museum near…

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The VMCC Berkshire Section arrived at Brooklands Museum on the latest leg of the 70th anniversary celebration VMCC Baton Relay on June 5. VMCC 70th anniversary baton travels to where it all began Richard Huckle receives the VMCC”s 70th anniversary baton from Bill Barns. After viewing the motorcycle exhibits that include an ex-Titch Allen Rex-Acme…

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Included in the automobilia section of the Dee Atkinson and Harrison Classic Car and Motorbike auction to be held on July 31 at East Yorkshire’s Driffield Showground will be memorabilia relating to ISDT competitor Pete Lasota. Lasota medals auctioned Peter James Lasota (1935-2011) was a career Army soldier with the Royal Corps of Signals, who…

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The third round of the Maxxis 2016 UK national flat track championship was held at Greenfield Farm near Alford in Lincolnshire on June 11/12. Dirt tracking in the UK Chris Scheltens’ purposeful-looking Triumph takes a breather. With various classes, it was the vintage category which produced the most interesting machinery, with a Harley XR750 doing…

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Classic Motorcycle Day at the Dover Transport Museum welcomed a wide range of machinery to the Kent attraction. Wonderful Whitfield Alf Craker and his Sunbeam Model 9- judged Best in Show. The Dover Transport Museum was held at Whitfield this year, on May 8, in a former industrial unit up on the Downs, behind the…

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